by Language Arts Lady | Apr 21, 2023 | 10 Minute Grammar
Next level parts of speech—nouns! (See the “intro” to nouns episode here!) Today’s episode about nouns covers the following: Person, place, thing, idea Two kinds 1. Common (any) 2. Proper (formal—we capitalize the formal names) Possessive—to possess means to own 1....
by Language Arts Lady | May 8, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
He passed the test or He past the test? Go passed the house or Go past the house? Passed and past are super confusing–as evidenced in social media every where. It’s not just students who have trouble with this confusing word...
by Language Arts Lady | May 7, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
Oh, proper nouns and quotations. Where do I start to explain the myriad of difficulties that students (and adults!) have with these. Am I starting to sound more like Lamenting Lady than Language Lady in the openings to these Punctuation Puzzles? If so, I am sorry!...
by Language Arts Lady | Apr 27, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
By Zac Kieser and Donna Reish Welcome to another exciting episode of Punctuation Puzzle! 🙂 I am having so much fun creating these with my writing assistant, Zac Kieser. Grammar and usage can be super confusing—and these puzzles are a great way to learn with the steps...
by Language Arts Lady | Apr 25, 2020 | Articles, Grammar, Punctuation Puzzles
Compound possessives! They are incredibly tricky! Zac does a great job teaching them in this week’s Punctuation Puzzle, but I am going to give you three “Tricky Tricks to Help It Stick” right up front about possessives (a little cheat sheet before...
